Mike Huckabee just gave the worst final argument for Donald Trump that could ever possibly be made.
The former Arkansas governor sent out a tweet in which he compared Trump to “a car wreck” and Clinton to “a drunk-driver”:
Trump may be a car wreck, but at least his car is pointed in right direction. Hillary is a drunk-driver going the wrong way on the freeway.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) November 4, 2016
Naturally, the media pounced on the tweet, with news outlets like The Wrap calling it a “bizarre metaphor.” Huckabee responded by lashing out to the media in a subsequent tweet:
Low IQ media don’t get my earlier tweet about car wreck. @realdonaldTrump will bend fenders but is a vehicle going right way.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) November 4, 2016
Or it could just be that the tweet was really that awkward. Comparing the candidate you’re voting for to a “car wreck” is not a convincing argument.
Huckabee turned into an ardent surrogate for Trump after Huckabee dropped out of the primary race. Huckabee even went as far as saying that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) deserved to be called “Lyin’ Ted” after Cruz’s non-endorsement of Trump at the Republican National Committee. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Huckabee’s daughter, works for the Trump campaign as a senior adviser.
The failed presidential candidate has made a series of rather interesting tweets lately:
Who would have thought a Weiner would be HRC’s undoing?
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 28, 2016
Difference between Clintons and Sopranos? Sopranos didn’t leave an email trail.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 28, 2016
Only 11% believe Hillary is “honest and trustworthy.” 14% believe in Bigfoot. I wonder who that 11% could be? #gullible
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) November 3, 2016